Carrie Crowley
Caroline Anne Crowley is an Irish actress and former radio and television presenter.
She had her own chat show, Limelight, and co-presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with Ronan Keating. Her acting credits include The Clinic, School Run, An Crisis, and Fair City. She appeared as Elisef in the first two seasons of the TV series Vikings. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA award for her performance in the 2022 film An Cailín Ciúin .
Early life
Crowley was born and raised in Waterford in the southeast of Ireland. Her mother, Nodhlaig, who was from The Rosses in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, was a teacher and her father, Con, who was from Cork in Munster, was a garda. She has one sister, Bríd. She first performed on stage in a local production of Oliver!. She graduated with a B.Ed. from St. Patricks College, Drumcondra.Career
Before she began a career in television, Crowley was a primary school teacher.Crowley began her broadcasting career on local radio in her home city of Waterford on WLR FM, and presented several different shows between 1991 and 1996 before moving to RTÉ. She started out in children's programming, co-presenting the Irish language versions of Echo Island with comedian Dara Ó Briain, and starring in the pre-school series The Morbegs as the character Liodain.
In 1997, Crowley was offered the role as presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, with Ronan Keating. She also appeared before the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, speaking to Terry Wogan and wishing him and Ulrika Jonsson well before they started presenting the show.
After presenting the Eurovision, Crowley became one of the biggest stars on RTÉ in the 1990s. During the height of her popularity, she worked on several shows on RTÉ. She presented Potluck Mondays to Fridays at 5:30, on a Thursday night she had her own health show called Pulse, and on Sundays she had her own prime-time chat show called Limelight. Limelight ran for two seasons.
She later left television presenting and returned to radio presenting, co-presenting Fandango with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1. She appeared on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night. Crowley has since distanced herself from her RTÉ career, describing herself as an "accidental tourist" at the station.
Acting career
In 2008, she appeared in the TG4 drama The Running Mate and TV3's School Run in 2009. Also in 2009, she appeared in The Clinic. She has starred in Irish language short films including An Gaeilgeoir Nocht and has appeared in an episode of the Irish language television series An Crisis. She appeared in the drama series for TG4 called Anseo. In 2010, she worked on a play called The Adventures of the Wet Senor with collaborators including Dónal O'Kelly and Kíla. From October 2014 to 2018, she was a cast member in Fair City.In 2022, she appeared in An Cailín Ciúin, an Irish-language drama film that was nominated for the Academy Award for [Best International Feature Film], and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA.